Regimental number | 8/976A |
Place of birth | Renfrew, Dumbarton, Scotland |
Address | Dunedin |
Marital status | Married |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs James McIntyre, Chelmer Street, Oamaru |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 10th (North Otago) Company, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 36 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the late Duncan and Mary Kinlock McIntyre, Dunedin; Wife: Clara Westropp McIntyre, Oamaru, Otago. Native of Renfrew, Dumbarton, Scotland. A reservist (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |